Unlike classic HTTP and REST endpoints GRPC enforce most strict request/response format driven by .proto
files declaration
and compiled into binary messages using protoc
compiler.
Use https://github.com/spiral/app-grpc as the base to speed up onboarding.
To declare our first service create proto file in desired direction. By default, the GRPC build propose to create the
proto files in /proto
directory. Create file proto/calculator.proto
:
syntax = "proto3";
option php_namespace = "App\\Calculator";
option php_metadata_namespace = "App\\GPBMetadata";
package app;
message Sum {
int32 a = 1;
int32 b = 2;
}
message Result {
int32 result = 1;
}
service Calculator {
rpc Sum (app.Sum) returns (app.Result) {
}
}
Make sure to use options
php_namespace
andphp_metadata_namespace
to properly configure PHP namespace. You can read more about GRPC service declaration here.
At the moment you can only create Unidirectional APIs, use Golang services in order to handle streaming and batch processing.
You can generate the service code manually using protoc
compiler and php-grpc
plugin. Execute the command from
the
$ protoc -I ./proto/ --php_out=app/src --php-grpc_out=app/src proto/calculator.proto
The default protoc
compiler does not respect the location of the application namespaces, the code will be generated in
app/src/App/Calculator
and app/src/App/GPBMetadata
. Move the generated code to make it loadable:
- app/src/Calculator
- app/src/GPBMetadata
You can use the command embedded to the framework to simplify the service code generation, simply run:
$ php app.php grpc:generate proto/calculator.proto
You should see the following output:
Compiling `proto/calculator.proto`:
• app/src/Calculator/CalculatorInterface.php
• app/src/Calculator/Result.php
• app/src/Calculator/Sum.php
• app/src/GPBMetadata/Calculator.php
The code will be automatically moved into proper place.
Implement the CalculatorInterface
located in app/src/Calculator
in order to make your service work:
<?php
declare(strict_types=1);
namespace App\Calculator;
use Spiral\GRPC;
class Calculator implements CalculatorInterface
{
public function Sum(GRPC\ContextInterface $ctx, Sum $in): Result
{
return new Result([
'result' => $in->getB() + $in->getA()
]);
}
}
You can not use the method injection with GRPC services at the moment. Stick to Prototype component.
Make sure that the service is available and activated via php app.php grpc:services
:
+----------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| Service: | Implementation: | File: |
+----------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| app.Calculator | App\Calculator\Calculator | .../grpc-test/app/src/Calculator/Calculator.php |
+----------------+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------
Make sure to update the proto path in .rr.yaml
:
grpc:
listen: tcp://0.0.0.0:50051
proto: "proto/calculator.proto"
workers.command: "php app.php"
tls.key: "app.key"
tls.cert: "app.crt"
Use import
directive of proto declarations to combine multiple services in one application or store message declarations
separately.
You can test your service now:
$ ./spiral serve -v -d
Run the grpcUI to observe the endpoint:
$ grpcui -insecure -import-path ./proto/ -proto calculator.proto localhost:50051
Read how to write PHP client in next article.
Use Spiral\GRPC\ContextInterface
to access the request metadata. There are number of system metadata properties you can read:
public function Sum(GRPC\ContextInterface $ctx, Sum $in): Result
{
dumprr($ctx->getValue(':authority'));
dumprr($ctx->getValue(':peer.address'));
dumprr($ctx->getValue(':peer.auth-type'));
dumprr($ctx->getValue('user-agent'));
dumprr($ctx->getValue('content-type'));
return new Result([
'result' => $in->getB() + $in->getA()
]);
}
Read more about auth practices here.
You can add any custom metadata to response using Context specific response headers:
<?php
declare(strict_types=1);
namespace App\Calculator;
use Spiral\GRPC;
class Calculator implements CalculatorInterface
{
public function Sum(GRPC\ContextInterface $ctx, Sum $in): Result
{
/** @var GRPC\ResponseHeaders $responseHeaders */
$responseHeaders = $ctx->getValue(GRPC\ResponseHeaders::class);
$responseHeaders->set('key', 'value');
return new Result([
'result' => $in->getB() + $in->getA()
]);
}
}
Spiral/GRPC component provides a number of exceptions to indicate the server or request error:
Exception | Error Code |
---|---|
Spiral\GRPC\Exception\GRPCException | UNKNOWN(2) |
Spiral\GRPC\Exception\InvokeException | UNAVAILABLE(14) |
Spiral\GRPC\Exception\NotFoundException | NOT_FOUND(5) |
Spiral\GRPC\Exception\ServiceException | INTERNAL(13) |
Spiral\GRPC\Exception\UnauthenticatedException | UNAUTHENTICATED(16) |
Spiral\GRPC\Exception\UnimplementedException | UNIMPLEMENTED(12) |
See all status codes in
Spiral\GRPC\StatusCode
. Read more about GRPC error codes here.
Example:
<?php
declare(strict_types=1);
namespace App\Calculator;
use Spiral\GRPC;
class Calculator implements CalculatorInterface
{
public function Sum(GRPC\ContextInterface $ctx, Sum $in): Result
{
if ($in->getA() < 0 || $in->getB() < 0) {
throw new GRPC\Exception\GRPCException(
"A and B arguments should be above zero",
GRPC\StatusCode::INVALID_ARGUMENT
);
}
return new Result([
'result' => $in->getB() + $in->getA()
]);
}
}
The recommended approach of designing the GRPC API for spiral application is to generate service code interfaces, messages and client code in a separate repository.
Common:
- Image-SDK - v1.2.0
Services:
- Image-Service - implements Image-SDK v1.2.0
- Account-Service - requires Image-SDK v1.1.0